CVE-2022-22991

Command injection through unsecured HTTP calls on Western Digital My Cloud devices

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 13, 2022 at 08:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:29 AM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorMy Cloud OSMy Cloud PR4100My Cloud EX4100

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.19.117
Affected range stops below 5.19.117, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
westerndigital-wd-cloud (environment) · westerndigital-my-cloud (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-dl2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-dl4100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex2-ultra (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex4100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-mirror-gen-2 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-pr2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-pr4100 (same device)
My Cloud OS 5 ≤ v < 5.19.117My Cloud OS 5
Affected range stops below 5.19.117, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-77

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